Many US lawmakers said this week they had not been briefed on Trump's Fable 5 move, including Ted Cruz, whose commerce committee has jurisdiction over AI policy
Members of both parties said they now see an opening to mobilize their colleagues around legislation that would reclaim congressional authority …
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligirlsayswhat / Baller A...
US Senator Ted Cruz introduces a bill that would let AI companies apply for exemptions from federal regulation to help them experiment in developing new tech
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The US awards a $4.75B CHIPS Act grant to Samsung and $1.6B to Texas Instruments for new factories in Texas and Utah, rounding out the program's largest grants
@techmeme.com [embedded post] @jimobx : Trump will take credit. @gtjr : This is a program that the incoming administration wants to kill Dr. Steven Buckley / @stevenjcbuckley : Ted Cruz voted against ...
The White House releases a “comprehensive framework” for US crypto regulation, outlining various federal agencies' recommendations after six months of study
here's what's in it The White House : Statement by NEC Director Brian Deese and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Digital Assets Framework Terence Zimwara / Bitcoin News : White House Release...
Intel apologizes, following a backlash in China, for telling Chinese suppliers to avoid Xinjiang labor, saying it only did so to “ensure compliance” with US law
Tech companies withdraw from in-person CES Simon Sharwood / The Register : Intel ‘regrets’ offending China with letter telling suppliers to avoid Xinjiang Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal : Intel Apolog...
Intel apologizes, following a backlash in China, for telling Chinese suppliers to avoid Xinjiang labor, saying it only did so to “ensure compliance” with US law
Tech companies withdraw from in-person CES Simon Sharwood / The Register : Intel ‘regrets’ offending China with letter telling suppliers to avoid Xinjiang Agence France-Presse : Intel Apologizes Over ...
Experts say the $65B broadband bill Congress is finalizing has many good aspects, but won't fix the high prices that result from broadband monopolization
Experts say there's some very good things in the broadband infrastructure proposal, but it won't truly fix what ails the broken sector. Tweets: @tedcruz , @motherboard , and @karlbode Tweets: Ted Cruz...
Lawmakers, including AOC and Ted Cruz, criticize Robinhood; Dem leaders from the Senate and House say they will hold hearings on the state of the stock market
and its users are the product https://www.vice.com/... Ro Khanna / @rokhanna : Yes @aoc. We need an investigation into RobinhoodApp's decision and who influenced that. And this shows the need for a fi...
AT&T, Verizon, Airbnb, Comcast, and others are halting donations to lawmakers who opposed certifying election results, such as Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley
A large and growing number of tech and telecom companies are freezing their political contributions to Washington lawmakers …